ACE_FTS_L2_iso

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of ACE_FTS_L2_iso data.

field name type dimensions unit description
datetime double {time} [seconds since 2000-01-01] date and time of occultation 30 km geometric tangent point
datetime_start double {time} [seconds since 2000-01-01] date and time of start of measurement
datetime_stop double {time} [seconds since 2000-01-01] date and time of end of measurement
orbit_index int32     absolute orbit number
latitude double {vertical} [degree_north] latitude of 30 km geometric tangent point for occultation
longitude double {vertical} [degree_east] longitude of 30 km geometric tangent point for occultation
altitude double {vertical} [km] tangent altitude grid for retrieved parameters and species
temperature double {vertical} [K] temperature
pressure double {vertical} [hPa] pressure
density double {vertical} [cm^-3] atmospheric density
H2O_181_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for H2O_181
H2O_181_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for H2O_181. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
H2O_171_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for H2O_171
H2O_171_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for H2O_171. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
H2O_162_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for H2O_162
H2O_162_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for H2O_162. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
CH4_311_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for CH4_311
CH4_311_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for CH4_311. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
CH4_212_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for CH4_212
CH4_212_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for CH4_212. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
index int32 {time}   zero-based index of the sample within the source product

Mapping description

The table below details where and how each variable was retrieved from the input product.

field name mapping description
datetime path /date
description date field from header section converted to seconds since 2000-01-01
datetime_start path /start_time
description start_time field from header section converted to seconds since 2000-01-01
datetime_stop path /end_time
description end_time field from header section converted to seconds since 2000-01-01
orbit_index description extracted from the filename (assuming ssXXXXX... or srXXXXX... format); set to 0 if extraction of the value was not possible
latitude path /latitude
description latitude field from header section
longitude path /longitude
description longitude field from header section
altitude path /data section/z
temperature path /data section/T
pressure path /data section/P (atm)
density path /data section/dens
H2O_181_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/H2O_181
H2O_181_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/H2O_181_err
H2O_171_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/H2O_171
H2O_171_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/H2O_171_err
H2O_162_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/H2O_162
H2O_162_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/H2O_162_err
CH4_311_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/CH4_311
CH4_311_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/CH4_311_err
CH4_212_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/CH4_212
CH4_212_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/CH4_212_err